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In the prevalent world view, the ecology is perceived as a subset of the economy where intense state interventions and ideological scaffoldings are needed to sustain this rule of capital. However, this order of things seems to be changing where the economy is now, increasingly, being perceived as a subset …
Even though Vedanta Resources has initiated the process of saving its plant from closure, the Orissa government is yet to take a decision on the revival of the Niyamgiri bauxite mines in Kalahandi district. Acting on the report of the Saxena Committee and the recommendation of the Forest Advisory Committee, …
Vedanta Resources received another jolt today, with the National Environment Appellate Authority (NEAA) suspending the green approval to its $1.7-billion bauxite mining project in Orissa and asking the environment ministry to
Troubles could soon ignite for state-run behemoths having Vedanta-style joint ventures with private mining companies as the union mines ministry has decided to subject such JVs to intense scrutiny. Asking the mineral-rich states to be
Rejection Not Part Of Corporates Vs Tribals Issue IN A development that could soothe the frayed nerves of investors, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Thursday decoupled the environment ministry
The National Environment Appellate Authority (NEAA) today cancelled the environmental clearance given to Vedanta's bauxite mining in the Niyamgiri hills of Orissa. The authority has now referred the matter to the Union environment ministry for final consideration. NEAA also cancelled the environment clearance given to Kotli-Behl 1B dam on the …
A fortnight after the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) served a show-cause notice on Vedanta Aluminium, asking why its existing one million tonne alumina refinery at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district in Orissa should not be closed down, the embattled company today replied back that the ministry was contradicting its …
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has praised Rahul Gandhi for taking up the cause of tribals of Niyamgiri Hills in Orissa, saying it reinforced the party
Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL) today submitted its response to the showcause notices slapped by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) on August 31.
Bhubaneswar: As the fate of its USD 1.7 billion bauxite mining unit proposed in Odisha hangs in balance, the Vedanta Resources on Wednesday denied violating any laws in connection with the project while replying to the show cause notices served by the environment ministry. Vedanta Aluminium Ltd has submitted its …
Bhubaneswar: The Centre on Wednesday made it clear that it would not tolerate any back door entries by industry for seeking mines, a move that could dampen corporate efforts of forging alliances with PSUs for their mining projects. Asked about the industrial controversies relating to mining activities like that in …
JHARSUGUDA: Hundreds of villagers locked gates 1 and 2 of Vedanta Aluminium Limited protesting ash emission from the 600 mega watt unit of Independent Power Plant of Sterlite Energy Limited (SEL) on Wednesday. The unit restarted functioning on Monday. The unit had to be closed after the heavy ash emission …
Standards not consistent, rules changed midway, it contends. You are not going by your own rules, Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL) intends to tell the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) tomorrow. Also, it plans to say MoEF is applying to VAL a different standard than the one being held …
Few committees have been as forthright as the N C Saxena Committee on the violation of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) by the very authorities which are charged with upholding them—the state governments. In its report on the controversial project to mine for bauxite in the Niyamgiri Hills, the four …
FOR months there has been speculation in Delhi about an imminent clampdown on metals giant Vedanta's bauxite mining operations in Orissa. However, when the final forest clearance for Vedanta's proposal to mine bauxite in the Niyamgiri Hills was rejected by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) on August …
The Forest Rights Act of 2006—also known as the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act—came after considerable and bitter opposition from conservation groups. They said the Act, which would grant land rights to tribals and other forest dwellers, would destroy forests and wipe out …
S Kalyana Ramanathan / London September 13, 2010, 0:18 IST Even as London-based mining and metals major Vedanta Resources struggles to procure bauxite from Niyamgiri in Orissa for its 1-million tonne capacity alumina project in the state, it has managed to find a new source of a slightly lower grade …
Our policy kept people out of their forests and made them trespassers in their own land Sunita Narain / New Delhi September 13, 2010, 0:16 IST The Forest Rights Act of 2006
